So general and earnest has the demand for reform become that something must be done; the gathering masses of corruption all over the body will soon have ripened to bursting; and who can tell how much the body itself has become involved.
Woodhull emphasizes the urgent need for reform in society due to widespread corruption.
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Are not their minds expanded to the comprehension of the great principles of governmental justice?
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